英语词汇“industrial melanism”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

industrial melanism

noun [mass noun] Zoology

The prevalence of dark-coloured varieties of animals (especially moths) in industrial areas where they are better camouflaged than paler forms.A change in the direction of selective effect on a mutation is unusual, though there are some well-documented cases, such as industrial melanism in moths....

Recent reports exaggerate the death of industrial melanism as an exemplar of natural selection.
For 50 years, this interpretation of industrial melanism was just a theory, until an amateur lepidopterist went into the countryside to prove it.

单词	industrial melanism
释义	industrial melanism noun [mass noun] Zoology The prevalence of dark-coloured varieties of animals (especially moths) in industrial areas where they are better camouflaged than paler forms.A change in the direction of selective effect on a mutation is unusual, though there are some well-documented cases, such as industrial melanism in moths.... Recent reports exaggerate the death of industrial melanism as an exemplar of natural selection. For 50 years, this interpretation of industrial melanism was just a theory, until an amateur lepidopterist went into the countryside to prove it.
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